Rainbow vs. Spectrum
Difference Between Rainbow and Spectrum
Rainbownoun
A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
Spectrumnoun
A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.
Rainbownoun
Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
Spectrumnoun
Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc.
Rainbownoun
(often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
a rainbow of possibilitiesSpectrumnoun
The autism spectrum.
Rainbownoun
(figurative) An illusion, mirage.
Many electoral promises are rainbows, vanishing soon after poll day.Spectrumnoun
(chemistry) The pattern of absorption or emission of radiation produced by a substance when subjected to energy (radiation, heat, electricity, etc.).
Rainbownoun
(baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
Spectrumnoun
The set of eigenvalues of a matrix.
Rainbownoun
(poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
Spectrumnoun
Of a bounded linear operator A, the set of scalar values λ such that the operator A—λI, where I denotes the identity operator, does not have a bounded inverse; intended as a generalisation of the linear algebra sense.
Rainbownoun
Rainbow trout.
Spectrumnoun
The set, denoted Spec(R), of all prime ideals of a given ring R, commonly augmented with a Zariski topology and considered as a topological space.
Stone spaceRainbowadjective
Multicolored.
Spectrumnoun
(obsolete) Specter, apparition.
Rainbowadjective
Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
Spectrumnoun
The image of something seen that persists after the eyes are closed.
Rainbowadjective
(attributive) LGBT.
Spectrumnoun
an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave
Rainbowadjective
Composed entirely of different suits.
Spectrumnoun
broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities
Rainbowverb
(transitive) To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
Rainbowverb
(intransitive) To take the appearance of a rainbow.
Rainbownoun
an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
Rainbownoun
an illusory hope;
chasing rainbows
